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Van Wezel executive had a personal touch (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune)
Curt Haug kept hall in the black and lured big names
Pregnant Inmate?s Plight Inspires Plea to Medvedev (New York Times)
More than 80,000 people have signed an Internet petition to President Dmitri A. Medvedev demanding the release of a jailed pregnant lawyer.
New parents celebrate National Adoption Day (The Herald Democrat)
After years of infertility and heartache, North Texas residents Tricia and Jon became parents on Wednesday in the east courtroom of the Grayson County Courthouse.
?Alphabet Juice? (New York Times)
?According to scholars of linguistics, the relation between a word and its meaning is arbitrary. In proof, they point to pigs. ... [P]igs go oink oink in English, nøff nøff in Norwegian, and in Russian chrjo chrjo.?
50 Most Loathsome New Yorkers (New York Press)
"How come you guys are such haters?" someone asked us recently. Shocked and insulted, we shook our heads. Our biggest issue thus far—last September's Best of Manhattan issue—was a compendium of positivity. On any given week we're founts of compassion: lovers, not haters; uniters, not dividers.
Race and identity in 21st century Britain (Independent)
By comparison with the rich heritage of Saskia Nava, who weighed in at 6lbs 13oz at London's Royal Free Hospital last month, Barack Obama's mixed ancestry appears so mundane that it might struggle to arouse the interest of producers on Who Do You Think You Are?
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